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How do any of these facts have to do with "mean nurses?" "Mean Nurses" say it's never their fault.

There are people in the world who disagree with me. I could even go so far as to say that there are "bad people" in the world. But to suggest that the behaviours of such people constitute an excuse for me to lie cheat steal and backbite colleagues ...

With all due respect, Ma'am, the economy and the corporations etc are doing us a favor. They are helping us identify who has integrity and who does not.

Nurses are most definitely Not Mean. The only people who would say so are: 1) People who haven't been around long enough to know, and who cares what a bunch of new kids think anyway, 2) People who have been around too long, and who cares what a bu...

...but, just out of curiosity, if all the Nursing Schools charged the same thing per credit hour and had the same admission standards, would you still choose Ivy? Would anyone? --- and I totally agree with you about people only in it for the money. ...

Had I stayed at Ivy, it would have been free, start to finish; such are the benefits of being "low income" (translation: "dead broke".) I had the grades, but wanted things I didn't find in their program - for one thing, I'm too old and mean to put u...

Yeah, the disappointment stings a little bit. But honestly: Would you Really want to go to Ivy Tech if the tuition wasn't $20 (or is it now up to $30) per credit hour?

Hey Kiddo! I transferred over from Ivy, as have a coupla classmates. You are absolutely correct that it is ju$t a $midge expen$ive (especially given that I would have gotten thru Ivy for free). I'm a special case because I made the switch out of sp...

I'm a wannabe, and I had a fascinating conversation with a Nurse this evening. Actually, out of respect, I mainly shut up and listened. I will try to be as even-handed and dispassionate as I can in portraying what I heard: - I have watched too man...

There are a few things you'll need to consider: 1) Meeting those criteria will indeed get you bumped up from Pre-Nursing to Nursing Major. However, there are generally more Nursing Majors than there are slots in clinicals for those majors. I do not g...

All these threads about the Preceptor From Heck scare me...especially since the PCH seems to be accompanied by Screaming Doctors and Abusive Co-workers. Ok, these "diamonds" can be found anywhere. But, I asked a Prof the other day which hospital I R...

First, please consider the attributes of your personal prototype of The Perfect Nurse. What adjectives would you use? Sensitive, caring, compassionate, patient, intelligent? Now consider the gauntlet students have to run merely to get accepted into...

Well, I wish you all the best in your pursuits. And it would be nice if I had The Insight that made the whole world make sense. But it's still at The Nagging Suspicion stage. Something doesn't...quite...seem...right. Let me offer another example: ...

and That was great advice, Ma'am; thank you for that. For whatever it's worth, it was not that long ago I was a patient myself, and I stumbled across The Five Words I could say to almost any Nurse that would guarantee a smooth relationship: Yes Ma'am...

So what are the imperfections and what are possible ways to correct them?

I raised the question. In response, there have been a few thoughtful answers. There have also been a few knee-jerk answers like "I'd rather have a smart uncaring Nurse than a dumb caring one." So I ask how many dumb ones we really do have? No, I w...

Very well: shall we now go "there"? Should we instead be discussing the fact that Nursing is being damaged by too many clueless Nurses? That the NCLEX is far too easy to pass by using dumb luck?

...which begs the question: How many dumb people pass the NCLEX? Then, how many dumb NCLEX passers also fool their employers? I don't want anymore Nurses or Doctors with bad attitudes.

Actually, now that I think back on it, it served as a powerful lesson that I hope I never forget. If I survive this road (and many good people wash out because they are supposed to be good at something other than Nursing), I will have occasions that ...

I wonder how The Best do it. I live right down the road from the Close Cover Before Striking school. Their motto is, "If you've got the money, honey, I've got your degree. It just doesn't transfer anywhere." Then I think of a handful of places wit...

Yeah. I'd refer back to post #2 in this thread. When a classmate and I went across the street, and were told "We look at the whole person," we had No Clue what they were talking about. Ok, I had to write an essay. I met with the Department Chair. ...

I'm not surprised. My point all along has not been that people shouldn't do well in school. The points has been that picking one criterion and assuming anyone who does well by that single standard will do well in all the other areas needed is...wel...

My Chem professor, without knowing it and without even being aware of this discussion, just threw gasoline all over it. I asked him idly this morning if I was right to let my advisor (at the program I'm transferring to) talk me out of taking Forensic...

LiveToLearn, you have my deepest respect. I'm glad you have that type of program, and I would be lucky to have you teaching me. But I stand by my initial observations. We may well be screening for the wrong thing, and hoping the "right" kind of per...

B-M, a counter argument to that would be, "No, Nursing needs the best and brightest and most driven. They'll study hard, they'll go 4.0 in school, and then max out their NCLEX's. Who Cares that they're not interested in Nursing. The only important...